Aaron Boone, the New York Yankees manager, is not going away.
The organization confirmed on Friday that they have activated their 2025 club option, bringing Boone back for his ninth season in pinstripes.
Boone, 51, will return for his seventh season after leading the Yankees to their first World Series appearance since 2009. The Yankees finished 94-68 in 2024 and are 603-429 in seven seasons under Boone.
Entering the 2024 season, the Yankees elected not to exercise Boone’s option in case the franchise wanted to move on after the season.
One of the primary reasons the Yankees picked up Boone’s option was his support from team captain Aaron Judge.
“He has always had our back. He has always been there.
Always put us in the greatest possible circumstances, day after day. He’s the guy that every single person in this room would go through a wall for. “The culture we have here is something special, and it starts with him at the top,” Judge remarked at the close of the season, according to The Athletic. “Being in this position, we wouldn’t have the players we brought in fit so well if it wasn’t for a manager like him to really bring all of us together.” Bringing back Boone for the 2025 season answers one of the Yankees’ many major questions this offseason.
The Yankees have numerous key contributors from their AL Pennant winning club reaching free agency, none more significant than right
Juan Soto is a fielder. Soto is entering free agency following a career year in which he hit.288 with 41 home runs and 129 walks, second only to Judge.
Soto performed even better during the Yankees’ playoff run, hitting.327 with a.469 on-base percentage and four home runs, including an extra-innings homer against the Cleveland Guardians that propelled the Yankees to the World Series. In addition to Soto, second baseman Gleyber Torres, left fielder Alex Verdugo, reliever Clay Holmes, and pitcher Tommy Kahnle are all free agents.
The Yankees will now need to find a new starting first baseman after declining Anthony Rizzo’s team option for 2025.
Bringing Boone back might help attract Soto and other free agents to the Bronx.
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